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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the teacher say the offer is a great favor?
(a) The offer was especially requested by Klamm.
(b) The position was going to be given to the chairman's brother.
(c) The chairman has never offered anyone a job before.
(d) The position is unnecessary.

2. How does K. try to get out of the conversation with Frieda's mother?
(a) By saying he must leave for his meeting with the village chairman.
(b) By saying he is not decent and must dress.
(c) By saying he must go to work surveying the land the inn is on.
(d) By saying he is wanted at the Castle immediately.

3. When K. lights a match, who does he startle?
(a) Olga.
(b) Frieda.
(c) Pepi.
(d) Artur.

4. What is K. asked to get out of Klamm's sleigh?
(a) Klamm's spectacles.
(b) Cognac.
(c) A music box.
(d) A riding crop.

5. Who does K. say summoned him?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The Queen.
(c) The Count.
(d) The Attache.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frieda say her mother has decided to kick K. out of the house?

2. What does K. worry about regarding Frieda?

3. What does K. think of the Castle when he goes to look at it?

4. Who does K. say is the only person with authority to fire him?

5. Who does K. go to the Gentlemen's Inn to look for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is K.'s attitude toward the gentleman in Chapter IX?

2. What happens between K. and the assistants after Frieda gets up in the middle of the night at the school?

3. How does the chairman characterize the Castle's bureaucracy?

4. How does K. react to the gentleman who comes to the coach while K. is there waiting?

5. What does the landlady say will happen to the record of K.'s talk with the gentleman?

6. What reason does K. give for refusing to let the assistants come back?

7. What does Klamm look like?

8. What message does K. send through Barnabas to Klamm?

9. What reason does the teacher give that the chairman wants to help K.?

10. What does K. praise Frieda for?

(see the answer keys)

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